TY - BOOK AU - BROUWER Jelmer AU - VAN WIJK Joris TI - Helping hands: external support for the KNU insurgency in Burma PY - 2013/// KW - KAREN NATIONAL UNION KW - BURMA KW - INSURGENCY N2 - At the time of British withdrarwal from Burma the Karen National Union (KNU) wanted an independent state. This did not happen and between 1948 and 2012 the KNU undertook the longest running insurgency in the world. This article considers the sources of support particularly at diaspora and state level, and concludes with some lessons for donor governments UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09592318.2013.866422 ER -